Tom: FN 303 and your OC balls save a life

[Mango]

I know this isen't exactly paintball related, I just wanted Tom to see this.

Tom,

This week at the Academy we had instruction from Ret. Capt. Bill Shriver, Gloucester Township P.D. instructing us in Use of Force, and he told us how just last week, there was a barricaded suspect sitting in his house with a knife to the throat of his 6 year old daughter, screaming that he would kill her then himself. Well, luckily, Gloucester Twp. was outfitted with 8 FN 303's and your OC Projectiles, 3 shots later and some burnt eyes, he dopped the knife and released the girl and promptly went to jail.

Just wanted to let you know that, I don't know how often you get reports from the field. I was surprised to hear that every major department here in South Jersey is outfitted with 303's and the OC balls!

[magman007]

So Mango, you may get to play paintball again afterwards! just with the newest technology!


THats great to hear. Glouchester eh? did it make the news? the fn 303 i mean? I know thats in the nbc 10 viewing area, and well, im just wondering thats all!

[AGD]

WOW!! Thats GREAT! We don't get updates on whats happening in the field. If you hear of any more please send them along. We were actually debating about how effective the OC rounds would be, I guess this settles it!

Thanks

AGD

[Python14]

The AGD Crime fighters!
That's pretty cool.

[magman007]

Mango, if you can get the video coverage(if there was any report etc) Post it up on ao, either that, or givr a call to NBC10 and send a coppy out to tom! im sure he would like that!

[AGD]

Now guys think about what you would do if you were in that situation. If you had to take your tourney marker and take the bad guy out without harming the little girl.

Many brag about how their gun is more accurate etc etc but no ones life is on the line. We gave up many years in the regular paintball business to make a story like this have a happy ending. When our stuff shoots, it has to work...period. I don't want to be explaining to a crying mother that it must have been bad paint or something else.

To most in the industry this is just a game and you can spin your promotions any way you want. To us its a social responsiblity and when non lethal weapons proliferate all over the world I'll be glad I had a part in it.

AGD

[magman007]

tom, you should be extreemly happy about this, the fn303 is an amazing piece of work, and the time and energy you guys put into it, im sure will never go un noticed. It is an amazing piece of work to hold, let alone i cant amagine how it is like to fire one and actually hit what you want! good job tom!

[Mango]

Tom: Unfortunatly it did not make the news to my knowledge, I spoke with Capt. Shriver about it after class, told him about how I was at AGD and had the tour with you etc etc. and he told me that they (the Departments) LOVE to have an alternative to deadly force, and will use it whenever possible.

For instance, he gave me this scenario:

A suspect with a knife can travel 21 feet to attack an Officer before most officers can even get thier pistol aimed at center mass. Most police officers will not risk shots beyond 15 yards with thier pistols because of liabilities. Now, with a less than lethal marker like the FN and with OC balls, they can easily tag suspects 20-50 yards if need be! AND not be held nearly as liable as they would be if they had discharged thier firearm and missed!

Just food for thought, and more of a reason that we need technology like you have given us (The Law Enforcement Community).

[cphilip]

Originally posted by AGD
Now guys think about what you would do if you were in that situation. If you had to take your tourney marker and take the bad guy out without harming the little girl.

Half the time it takes me a couple shots to get on target anyway. With any marker! Aint nobodies fault but mine though so you better duck little girl!!!!

Good stuff Mango! thanks for the story!

[Mango]

[jimmyjobob]

303 to be used at G8 summit for security

FYI, in light of the G8 summit in savannah, ga, officials begun installing 8 foot high black barriers around federal buildings and other planning offices.

"As you can see, you'd have trouble getting your toes into the fencing," Ed Decoste of the Federal Protective Service said "By the time you got to the top, you'd be marked by a 303." A 303 he said, is an air rifle that can be loaded with paint pellets - meant to instantly identify anyone federal police consider trouble."

-Savannah Morning News, Monday June 7

id say the paint is a little hard to wipe off.

[Muzikman]

It's good to see the FN303 getting use. It's an amazing tool. And pretty cool looking too

[Jeffy-CanCon]

That's a good story. It must feel great to know something you made has helped to save a life.

What does "OC" stand for, and how does it work?

[Thordic]

Oleoresin capsicum.

Basically the stuff that makes hot peppers hot.

All over your face.

[Duck Hunt]

Great to hear! "Because quality always shoots straight" ;-)

OC can be nasty stuff. I personally have never been hit in the face with it, but, I do process habanero peppers all the time. I'm talking pounds of these things, washed, turned into a paste and then cooked. Using hot water to wash out the containers is the only way to get the stains out but it creates quite a nasty steam you don't want to breathe in ;-)

Sean